The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-07-28
MINNESOTA NEWS,

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The sheriff Of Pine county ahut down thu
Snake river Chengwatonna dam At Pine
City. thus stopping the sluicinR through
OF IS, 900, 900 toet OF logs. The advance
OF this drive was at the dam, and. as thu
drivers were about to open. the dam the
sheriff appeared and stopped proceedings.
Tho legislature Of 1886 passed an act in
the interest Of Pine City, fofbiddins the
drawing off the howage OF tho dam below q
certain point. It was claimed by the ..u-
thorities OF that city that when the waite.
was below q certain point it set free
an unbearable stencil over the city
Henry Coleman! il cut in twain by d
passing engine. .ssS. ee..sses.s. $50
Ed McIntee, prominent farmer III
Manannah town, was killed by falling from,
the window OF hotel
Last season there was $50, 900 bushels
OF wheat marketed at. Hutchinson. A
careful estimate will reduce that amount
cne.third for this season owing to the
drouth.
At the Northern Pacific Junction, fire
started in the east yard Of Paine & Co. 3
lumber mill and before it was checked do.
stroyed 1000, 900 fcct Of lumber and caus.
I'd a loss OF at least $50. 900.
Monroe Gullett, an old resident Of
Clearwater, is dead:
The Rochester Electric Light and Power
company has been incorporated with Il
capital stock OF $40, 600. The incor-
porators are: c. w. Streetcr and w. Wal.
tor. Rochester; Theodore Woodbury., Port
land, Mo-; Henry c. Hodgkins. John v.
NY. '' Wv
At Gaylord, p. +. Thaele & Sons general
store and o. H. Strenkc's hardware store
were burned. Insurance on Thacle & Sons
stock, $4,000; Strenke's insurance, 81, 200
on stock.
Henry Sass. OF Dundas, diod from sun
stroke.
j. H. Smiths house in Clear Lake was
burned. Loss, $500; insurance $500.
II. Myers of Verndale has begun the erec-
ton of the 50, 200 school house ut Hub
bard. A 81, 500 Catholic church is to be
built. A weekly newspaper is soon to be
published there.
violent electric wind and rain storm
passed over Wadena ats O'Clock Saturday
the 10th inst. Anew wo.story frame build
Ing in the centre OF tho village owned by
Fred Buhr. OF Perham was blown to the
ground. Their was blown from the house
Of John Cokely, a farmer living two miles
southwest OF the village, and Byron Waits
new house, one mile south OF the village,
was blown down.
The barn OF Thomas Sloan, twelve miles
west OF Redwood Falls, with it's contents,
consisting OF grain, hay and machinery,
was burned. Loss, 81, 400.
Tho most destructive fire ever known in
Waterville, Wasoca Co., occurred at 1:3O
last Sunday morning, tho 10th inst, en-
tirely destroying the furniture factory OF
l.. z. Rogers. The fro originated in tho
engine room, and was completely beyond
control when discovered. Besides the fac
tory, new finishing room and pnint
shop, which was completely covered with
Iron and considered fire proof, was burned.
The loss is $25, 900, with Sc. 900 insuran co.
r. b. Netzer, commission merchant at
Saltwater, assigns with $4,000 liabili.
ties.
Fred Tank. q well.to-do farmer OF WEIGH,
was thrown from his buggy in Douglas
while on his way to church in New Trier.
He lived only five minutes.
At Anoka, the largo planning mill, the
property OF the Mile Laos Lumber COM
pany run by w. Hammons, was fired and
totally destroyed. Loss $4,000; not in.
sured.
Chas. Sellers, one OF the commissioners
Of st. Louis county, and of the lumber
firm OF Sellers & Owens, was dangerously
and probably fatally injured by tho burst
Ing OF the saw In a mill at Tower recently.
The grand lodge OF Sons of Herman was
held at st. Peter. There were eighty rep
resentatives present, and every lodge in the
state was represented but that OF LIE Ike
City. The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Emil
Kreuger: Still water; vice president, II. G.
Miller, ST: Peter; secretary, A. Numann.
st. Paul; treasurer, NJ. Walter, st. Paul:
trustees, Edward Hammer, St. Paul:
Jacob Christ, Red Wing; representatives
to the national grand lodge, Julius Berndt,
New Ulm; J. c. Haupt, st. Paul; William
Tlreobold, st. Paul. The next annual meet.
ing will be held at Henderson.
The Indian commissioner directs an ap.
peal from Judge Nelson's decision in
Beaulieu's case. Judge Nelson's decree
held to be contrary to United States su.
preme court decisions.
A suit for divorce in tho district court
at Hastings has been begun by Thomas II.
Rooney against his wife, upon tho grounds
OF willful desertion. There ages are FORTY
eight and thirty-eight years respectively,
end they were married in Worthwhile, N.
Y, April 3, 1868.
The chamber of commerce at St. Cloud.
voted to accept the proposition of gentle
man from the southern part OF tho state
to put in a FIGURING mill at once for the
UOHus Ouered ny tle Guy.
Winona and Mankato are treated to IN
incursion of chinch bugs, which fill tho air
and cover the streets.
At Lake City, Howard Thomson, I'm
ion soldier In the late war, died OF typhoid
tevor.
George Trent. who was arlcstod in Chi
cago and brought to st. Paul some time
ago on the charge OF forging checks on the
Ayp1np
over to the grand jury in tho sum of
$1,000. Trent was station agent at
Stew art, Mimi.
A six-year old son OF John O'Malley, a
farmer tivo miles east Of Tracy, fell in q we'll
and was drowned.
While driving from Cbatfeld to Dover,
Mr.. and Mrs. Coulson, an old couple, were
thrown from their wagon. Mr.. Coulson
was perhaps fatally and his wife serious
~ injured.
Senator Sabin OF Minnesota expects to
become the guest OF Charles Watrous of
N. Y, for Il trip along the eastern coast in
the yacht Republic.
Henry Orlomann, the father.in-law of tho
late Hermann Grotc, OF St. Paul was an
pointed special administrator for tho
estate OF the deceased, who died intestate.
He will DO required to give bonds to the
amount Of 100000.
The case Of the state against George
Baden, OF Minneapolis, for selling beer on
Sunday was determined by n decision OF
the supreme court in favor of tho state.
Judge VanderburRh disposes OF the ques-
tions briefly as follows: Under the pro-
Visions Of section 229 of the penal code,
beer is not one of the articles permitted to
be publicly sold on Sunday. Under that
section q purchaser is not particeps GRIM
inis. Nor does tho fact that he is in pur-
suit OF evidence against persons selling
contrary to the provisions OF the statute
make him an accomplish.
At Mankato, Henry Hamilton Jr.,
youngest son OF H. NJ. Hamilton, OF the
Mankato House, died of peritonitis.
Nathaniel Sterrett q pioneer settler OF
Mount Pleasant, Wabasha county, died of
spinal meningitis, aged sevonty-fo four years.
Edward Calder, whose fiancee is on her
way from Scotland, was killed by IN elcva-
tor at St. Paul.
At Rochester, Alexander White, the
young man who had three ribs broken by
o premature discharge of the cannon while
firing q Fourth OF July sunrise salute died
of his INJURIES "A Younger brother who